McLaren's new X1 in pictures

'The client wanted a competition between external designers – some outside the
automotive world – and McLaren's own designers,' said Frank Stephenson,
McLaren Design Director. Among the vehicles studied with a 1961 Facel Vega,
a 1953 Chrysler D'Elegance Ghia, a 1959 Buick Electra, a 1939 Mercedes-Benz
540K and a 1971 Citroën SM, while design classics from outside the
automotive world included the Guggenheim museums in New York and Bilba, an
Airstream trailer and a grand piano